Education & Conferences

ADVANCED COUNTY COMMISSIONER EDUCATION PROGRAM

Requirements for ACC Designation

Launched by the Florida Counties Foundation in 2006, the Advanced County Commissioner (ACC) education program, "The Florida Forum for County Leaders", is an advanced leadership program designed for graduates of the Certified County Commissioners (CCC) program. The course is limited each year to 30 CCC graduates.

The ACC program is organized as a series of three seminars, with 27 hours of course work. The course content focuses on leadership with an overarching theme of growth and development in Florida. Participating Commissioners must commit to fully participate in all three seminars in order to graduate.

Topics Include:

  1. Leadership Skills in Florida's Growth Environment
  2. Strategic Visioning & Implementing that Vision
  3. Understanding and Working with Stakeholders in Florida's Growth Environment
2008-2009 ACC Series
University of Florida IFAS Extension

We are pleased to announce that for the second year, the University of Florida/IFAS Extension is sponsoring the Advanced County Commissioner Program.  The 2008-2009 ACC program is currently underway and we are no longer accepting applications. The applications for the 2009-2010 ACC program will be available in July 2009.